Microsoft alleges Sony pays for 'blocking rights' to restrict titles from appearing on Xbox Game Pass

Microsoft alleges Sony pays for ‘blocking rights’ to restrict titles from appearing on Xbox Game Pass

Microsoft is hoping to persuade Brazil’s CADE regulator to approve the company’s planned $68.7 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard. The email is confidential while the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigates Microsoft’s purchase in the United States. That is not the case in Brazil, where the country’s competition commission makes public records that give a unique insight into Microsoft and Sony’s commercial rivalry.